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March 2021 Good day! We are very excited for you to receive this Activity Packet. These packets will be mailed monthly to you as a part of our At Home with JABA program. We encourage you to check it out and take advantage of the various activities, information and fun games. There is more information to come regarding this opportunity so stay tuned for next month’s mailing! We remain inspired and encouraged by the perseverance of our members during this challenging year. You continue to find ways to remain engaged and connected with one another and that is so important right now. Stay healthy and stay safe! The At Home with JABA Program JABACARES.ORG/AT-HOME-WITH-JABA FEBRUARY 1, 2021 At Home with JABA visit jabacares.org/at-home-with-jaba Get healthy with seated chair exercises! Three Ways to Connect! Bingo every There's plenty to do at home via phone and internet with At Monday, Home with JABA - BINGO Time, games, informative Wednesday, presentations by our JABA nurses, exercise sessions, and and Friday at more. Match the calendar listing color with the three color 2PM! With Prizes! keys to connect! 2 1 3 ZOOM Meeting ID: CONFERENCE FACEBOOK LIVE Information CALLS 627 272 9039 Go to Nelson County sessions from Facebook page: JABA nurses! Use the following Passcode: 153121 www.facebook.com/ number: NelsonCountyComm 800-920-7487. Type Get links/info at unitySeniorCenters/ jabacares.org/at-home- in the participant videos code – 66828423# with-jaba 1 JABACARES.ORG/AT-HOME-WITH-JABA FEBRUARY 1, 2021 12:30 PM – Seated Chair Exercises February Activities with April Baber of Charlottesville Parks and Recreation (Conference Call) Monday, 2/1: 2:00 PM Bingo Time (Conference Wednesday, 2/10: Call) 10:30 AM - Advocating for Your Loved One/Friend Living in a Nursing Home or Tuesday, 2/2: Assisted Living Facility During Covid-19 12:30 PM - Seated Chair Exercises Cheairs Graves, a Long-Term Care with April Baber of Charlottesville Ombudsman with the Jefferson Area Board Parks and Recreation (Conference for Aging, will share how you can advocate for your loved one living in a nursing home Call) or assisted living facility during this unprecedented time. At the presentation Wednesday, 2/3: you will learn about the Long-Term Care 1:00 PM – 1:30PM Maintaining New Ombudsman program, Residents Rights, Year’s Resolutions (with UVa Med and the current visitation policies that are in place for long-term care facilities. Students) (Conference Call) (Conference Call) 2:00 PM - Bingo Time (Conference 2:00 PM – Bingo Time (Conference Call) Call)” 4:00 - 5:00 PM - Healthy Steps and 4:00 - 5:00 PM - Healthy Steps and Relaxation Exercise with JABA Relaxation Exercise with JABA Nurse Cheryl (Conference Call) Nurse Cheryl (Conference Call) Thursday, 2/4 Thursday, 2/11: 3:00 – 4:00 PM Trivia (with UVa Med 1:00 – 2:00 PM – Physical: Home Students) (Conference Call) Workouts (with UVa Med Students) (Conference Call) Friday, 2/5: 10:00 AM – Healthy Steps with Danny! Tune in on Facebook Friday, 2/12: (Facebook Live) 2:00 PM – Bingo Time (Conference Call) 2:00 PM – Bingo Time (Conference Call) Monday, 2/15: 11:00 – 11:45 AM – ZOOM Tai Chi Monday, 2/8: with Hiromi (Zoom) 1:00 – 1:30 PM - Fireside Chats and Stories with UVa Med Students 2:00 PM – Bingo Time (Conference (Conference Call) Call) 2:00 PM – Bingo Time (Conference Tuesday, 2/16 Call) 11:00 AM – Preparing Self for Home and Winter Weather with JABA Tuesday, 2/9: Nurse Sheri (Conference Call) 11am—Self Care Behaviors: Blood Pressure and Blood Glucose Wednesday, 2/17: Monitoring at Home w/ JABA Nurse 11:00 AM – Trivia with Kelley of Cheryl (Conference Call) Louisa Center (Conference Call) 2 2:00 PM – Bingo Time (Conference A Note on BINGO TIME Call) We hope you are enjoying Bingo 4:00 - 5:00 PM - Healthy Steps and on Mondays, Wednesdays & Relaxation Exercise with JABA Fridays! Our BINGO leaders are Nurse Cheryl (Conference Call) going to introduce a special BINGO game every month. Thursday, 2/18: 11:00 AM – Shingles: Signs, Symptoms and For February, the new game is the Treatment with JABA Nurse Pat (Conference Call) Capital “T”. To win, you must cover all of your numbers across Friday, 2/19: the top and down the N’s—just 10:00 AM – Healthy Steps with like the letter “T”! See the image Danny! Tune in on Facebook below. (Facebook Live) BINGO WINNERS 2:00 PM – Bingo Time (Conference At the end of each month we will Call) be drawing names out of three different groups- participants, Monday, 2/22: winners and blackout winners. So 2:00 PM – Bingo Time (Conference even if you are not winning the Call) games you will still have a chance to win at the end of the month for Tuesday, 2/23: participating! 11:00 AM – Safe Use of Medication with JABA Nurse Hope (Conference Call) 12:30 PM – Seated Chair Exercises with April Baber of Charlottesville Parks and Recreation (Conference call) Wednesday, 2/24: 2:00 PM – Bingo Time (Conference Call) 4:00 - 5:00 PM - Healthy Steps and Relaxation Exercise with JABA Nurse Cheryl (Conference Call) Friday, 2/26: 2:00 PM – Bingo Time (Conference Call) 3 February 2021 YOUR SPECIAL MONTH “Though February is short, it is filled with lots of love and sweet surprises.” ~ Charmaine J. Forde Black History Month in Special Days February celebrates the contributions that African Groundhog Day Americans have made to February 2 American history in their Chinese New Year struggles for freedom and February 12 equality and deepens our Valentine’s Day understanding of our nation’s history. Black History Month was first February 14 proposed by black educators and the Black United Students at Kent State Flag Day of Canada University in February 1969. The first celebration of Black History Month took place at Kent State one year later, from January 2 to February 28, February 15 1970. Six years later, Black History Month was being celebrated all across Presidents’ Day the country in educational institutions, centers of Black culture and February 15 community centers, both great and small, when President Gerald Ford Mardi Gras recognized Black History Month, during the celebration of the United February 16 States Bicentennial. He urged Americans to "seize the opportunity to honor Ash Wednesday the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area February 17 of endeavor throughout our history". -from the Library of Congress and Wikipedia. Flower – Violet Birthstone – Amethyst Most people think of the rose For many thousands of years, the as the traditional Valentine’s amethyst—the most striking Day flower, but it’s time to set representative of the quartz family the record straight—it’s actually —has been a coveted jewel. the violet! According to legend, Moses described it as a symbol of the Christian priest St. Valentine the Spirit of God. It was also believed to protect (who was imprisoned by the Romans) used ink crops from plague, bring good fortune, and made from crushed violet blossoms that prevent drunkenness. In fact, amethyst means grew outside his prison cell to write notes of “not intoxicated” in Greek. Today, amethysts love and friendship. Violets represent are associated with peace and inner strength. faithfulness and the return of affection. If you The stone is more valuable when its color is a dream of violets, you will be successful and deep, rich purple. Those with flashes of rose, advance in life. red, or blue are highly prized, as well. ©ActivityConnection Monthly Gazette February 2021 February Folklore Riddle Me This While February is associated If February gives much February with romance, it is also known snow, a fine summer it for gloomy, cold, rainy, and doth foreshow. What is seen near the end of January and February snowy skies. However, it is Of all the months of said that if it's fair and mild in that can't be seen at the the year, curse a fair beginning of either month? early February, there is more February. winter ahead than behind. In Answer: January and general, it’s not good news if If it thunders in February, it will February both end in “uary.” February is warm. Besides frost in April. prognosticator Punxsutawney There will always be one fine Phil’s weather predictions, week in February. here are a few more: February Zodiacs If bees get out in February, the Winter’s back breaks about next day will be windy and rainy. Aquarius (Water Bearer) the middle of February. A wet February is a forerunner February 1–18 If Candlemas Day (February 2) to a fine summer. be fair and clear, there’ll be Wherever the wind lies on Ash Pisces (The Fish) two winters in the year. Fogs Wednesday, it will continue in February 19–28 in February mean frosts in May. that quarter during all Lent. February, along with January, was added to the Roman calendar by Numa Pompilius when the calendar was extended from 10 to 12 months (around 700 BC). February takes its name from the Latin word februare, which means “to purify.” The Romans purified themselves in February, a ritual undertaken in preparation for spring. The Anglo-Saxons called the month Solmonath, meaning “cake-month,” because cakes were offered to the gods during the month. In Spanish, February is Febrero. In French, it is Février, and in German, it is Februar. Animal of the Month- Chameleon February Birthdays In Chameleons are a part of the Chamaeleonidae Christie Brinkley (model) – February 2, 1954 family, a highly specialized type of lizard of which Gertrude Stein (writer) – February 3, 1874 there are over 200 species.